#Black Square

2 articles tagged with "Black Square"

Monochromatic Art: Why Painters Choose to Work in a Single Color
Art History
12 min read

Monochromatic Art: Why Painters Choose to Work in a Single Color

Yves Klein patented a blue. Malevich painted a black square. Reinhardt spent a decade on black. Discover why 20th-century painters reduced art to a single color.

The History of Black: Carbon, Vantablack, and Darkness as Statement
Art History
13 min read

The History of Black: Carbon, Vantablack, and Darkness as Statement

From charcoal on cave walls to Vantablack, the blackest substance ever made, discover the history of black in art and the bitter feud over who gets to use it.

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